<p>there are no alrams on dorms or windows wutsoever lol, the doors are locked after 11 but u can still open from the inside...i go to a boarding school, not a prison or concentration camp</p>
<p>Hmm, all of these rules seem so strange to me. At Andover the internet and phones are on 24/7. The dorms are locked, but not alarmed. I've heard stories that they used to be, but they aren't now. The rules differ greatly at each individual school.
These are handy questions to ask about after acceptances and during revisits if you are concerned about study hall/internet/phone times.</p>
<p>Sometimes, among otherwise equal choices, the deciding factor can come down to something trivial, inane or quirky preference. How often is there a seated meal? Is breakfast mandatory? Can you wear turtlenecks in lieu of ties? Is the Internet restricted?</p>
<p>But, please, leave some of the quirkier things you consider to tie-breaker status. Focus first on finding the best fit overall. If it means you have to check in for breakfast and be in the otherwise perfect school...go for that instead of sleeping in a few more minutes at Gulag Archipelago Academy.</p>
<p>We lived on a girls' dorm once where the doors and windows on the ground floor were alarmed at night. It was to prevent intruders from getting in, not the girls getting out.</p>